Le Trou 12A

“The greatest French film of all time, and I weigh my words carefully” – Jean-Pierre Melville. Based on a real event in La Santé prison in 1947, Becker’s gripping thriller follows mild-mannered prisoner Gaspard who is transferred to a cell with four long-term inmates. Inducted into their escape plan to tunnel through the floor and out beyond the prison walls, the five prisoners work together – their gradual progress ratcheting up the tension and the chance of discovery from the ever-watchful guards.

In French with English subtitles.

*PLEASE NOTE - this screening will have no ads or trailers and will start at the advertised time.

This film is screening as part of our Jacques Becker season.

Although lauded by Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville and Francois Truffaut, Jacques Becker remains one of the great-unsung figures of French cinema. Working in the 1940s and ‘50s, between the poetic realism of the ‘30s and the Nouvelle Vague, Becker spanned a range of genres, and to mark 120 years since his birth we present a selection of his superb filmography – ripe for discovery on the big screen.